Microsoft Media Platform: Player Framework for HTML5, Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

In large part it is inspired by its fellow project, the Microsoft Media Platform.

The Microsoft Media Platform can be downloaded from here.

Support for XAML/C# Metro style applications has been added as well.

Features:

• Easy customization
• UI
• Interactive timeline
• Volume control
• Mute control
• Full screen control
• Poster support
• Support for mobile platforms
• JS framework agnostic
• Pre-load UI
• Error handling
• Plugin models
• Advertising standards support
• W3C timed text (TTML) support for captions

What is new in this release:

• Support for new Universal and Windows Phone 8.1 projects for both Xaml and JavaScript projects.

What is new in version 2.0 beta:

• Support for new Universal and Windows Phone 8.1 projects for both Xaml and JavaScript projects.
• Library is now implemented as a universal class library so the same binary can be used in both Win8.1 and WP8.1 apps.
• New default/universal theme made to be more touch friendly. Theme automatically adjusts to different devices and form factors.
• Additional themes also available on both phone and Windows: 'Classic' (browser look and feel), 'Phone' Windows Phone 8.0 default look and feel, & 'Entertainment' (Windows 8 entertainment app look and feel)
• Improved styling support with ability to more easily move buttons from the transport bar into the app bar.

What is new in version 1.3.1:

• New caption settings plugins (Windows 8.0 Xaml, Windows 8.1 Xaml, and WP8 only) to allow users to choose closed caption display preferences.
• New cancellable events on PlaylistPlugin: SkippingNext, SkippingPrevious.
• JS: app can now set startupTime from loadeddata event.
• JS: increasing max and min playbackrate to 32 to match Xaml version. Previous was 8.
• Exposing FreeWheel custom parameters via CreativeLinear.AdParameters. This can be useful for analytics purposes.

What is new in version 1.3:

• Includes all changes in v1.3 beta 1 and v1.3 beta 2
• Support for Windows 8.1 RTM and VS2013 RTM
• Xaml: New property: AutoLoadPluginTypes to help control which stock plugins are loaded by default (requires AutoLoadPlugins = true).
• Support for SystemMediaTransportControls on Windows 8.1

What is new in version 1.3 Beta 2:

• Additional support for Windows 8.1 Preview.
• Replaced public constructors in advertising model objects with factory class to reduce the number of activatable WinRT classes. See updated "programmatic ad" sample for examples on how to use.

What is new in version 1.2:

• Support for using Adobe SiteCatalyst SDK with analytics plugin
• VAST ad duration now trumps wrapper duration if different.
• SMPTE-TT image support
• Support for setting the startup bitrate (AdaptivePlugin.StartupBitrate)
• WP8: support for local captions and ads via ms-appx:///
• WP8: fixing seek not working if seeking was in progress during tombstoning.
• New API to set minimum bitrate (AdaptivePlugin.MinBitrate).
• Xaml: Improved ability to intercept and alter TTML captions by subclassing CaptionsPlugin.

What is new in version 1.2 Beta:

• WebVTT support in Xaml versions (WP8 and Win8)
• New WebVTT sample for JS and Xaml version (Win8)
• Support for SmartXML references to VAST wrappers (WP8 and Win8)
• Settable IsMultiResolutionVideoSupported; some streams support it and others don't. This gives applications the control over this setting if desired. (WP8)
• Support for accessing and/or modifying the Uri, Stream (or MediaStreamSource in WP8) during the MediaLoading event via the EventArgs (Win8 & WP8 Xaml)
• Support for accessing and/or modifying the Uri during the loading event via the event details (Win8 JS)
• Support for setting a stream (and MediaStreamSource in WP8) on a PlaylistItem (Win8 & WP8 Xaml)
• Using AudioSelectionView and CaptionSelectorView now allow Padding property to control audio and caption selector positioning. Useful for entertainment theme to ensure listbox does not show behind app bar (Win8 & WP8 Xaml)
• Added AdaptivePlugin.AutoRestrictTracks property (WP8)
• Advertising: aspect ratio now used as criteria for selecting ad media (all versions)
• MediaLoading deferrals that return false now invoke media load failures (all versions)
• Automatic Windows 8 N & KN detection and prompt to install Media Feature Pack (all versions)
• New DownloaderPlugin property on AdaptivePlugin to better support ISmoothStreamingCache implementations and code sharing with Win8 version (WP8)

What is new in version 1.1:

• New property in Xaml: AdSchedulerPlugin.SeekToAdPosition to control resume position after scrubbing past ad break.
• AdHandlerPlugin.CancelActiveAds is now awaitable
• Support for HTMLResource and IFrame nonlinear ads
• Support for CDATA use in TTML
• Poster support in WP8 version
• Volume control now works when playing an ad without main content
• Linear ads now inherit AudioCategory property from main player
• Memory leak fixes
• Other misc fixes and improvements

What is new in version 1.0:

• Ability to move control panel or individual elements outside media player.
• New Entertainment app theme for out of the box support for Windows 8 Entertainment app guidelines.
• VSIX reference names shortened. Allows seeing plugin name from "Add Reference" dialog without resizing.
• FreeWheel SmartXML now supports new "Standard" event callback type.
• Other minor misc fixes and improvements.

What is new in version Preview 7:

• Support for the latest smooth streaming SDK.
• Xaml only: Support for moving any of the UI elements outside the MediaPlayer (e.g. into the appbar). Note: Equivelent changes to the JS version due in coming week.
• Support for localizing all text used in the player framework
• New samples
• Suspend & resume sample code
• Support for light theme
• Misc improvements to TTML captions. (Significant performance improvement to caption parsing in JS version).
• During PlayTo, visual state is now consistent with with video tag
• Fix for FreeWheel midroll scheduling
• User agent now supplied for ad related requests
• Other misc improvements and fixes

What is new in version Preview 6:

• Support for FreeWheel SmartXML ad responses
• Support for Smooth Streaming SDK DownloaderPlugins
• Support for VMAP and TTML polling for live scenarios
• Support for custom smooth streaming byte stream and scheme handlers
• Support for new play time and position tracking plugin
• Added IsLiveChanged event
• Added AdaptivePlugin.MaxBitrate property
• Added AdaptivePlugin.AutoRestrictSize property
• Xaml version: Added ActualStereo3DVideoPackingMode property
• Xaml version: now shows progress bar during MediaOpening state
• Fixes to smooth streaming playlists and live playback
• Support for not hiding control panel during mouse hover
• Other misc improvements and fixes

What is new in version Preview 5:

• Support for Smooth Streaming SDK beta 2
• Support for live playback
• New bitrate meter and SD/HD indicators
• Auto smooth streaming track restriction for snapped mode to conserve bandwidth
• New "Go Live" button and SeekToLive API
• Support for offset start times
• Support for Live position unique from end time
• Support for multiple audio streams (smooth and progressive content)
• Improved intellisense in JS version

What is new in version Preview 4:

• Performance and battery life improvements
• Improved player styling and support for Blend
• Improved ability to set plugin options from JSON (JavaScript version only)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes
• Improved documentation
• Improvements in advertising (optimizations, VMAP, & VAST)
• Greater control over interactive behaviors (e.g. tap to dismiss control panel)

What is new in version 1.0:

• Added captions support.

Requirements:

• JavaScript enabled on client side
• HTML5 enabled browser